Exclusive chance to see a work in progress live stand-up gig from the star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall
9pm Tuesday May 4th
ACME Comedy Theatre, Hollywood,
135 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles
90036
Buy tickets here
Exclusive chance to see a work in progress live stand-up gig from the star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall
9pm Tuesday May 4th
ACME Comedy Theatre, Hollywood,
135 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles
90036
Buy tickets here
Agree with Jess and Jackie. At least write that movie you were gonna do… instead of doing crap ones. No offence like.
The link is fixed now – not sure what the initial problem was all seemed fine
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Don’t be like that. He can get married if he wants, and this new Movie looks brill. Why does being in the UK affect how funny you are?
Something in the water? XD thats a ridiculous notion…
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Well I’m thrilled to be going tonight. Wheeee!
i see where your coming from but in order to get going in hollywood Russ needs to do these type of films. dont forget hes also doing stand up, and hes done a variety of film including shakespeare. Ol’russ was established here, and with matty morgan they had free reign to show the real russ and how brilliant he (and of course matt) are/still are.
What we had with the amazing radio show was a feeling of being in the room with them, and sharing the private jokes that built up over time, and the pant wettingly funny laughter (eat your fudge trev!, ghostbusters theme tune, lulu, heres your host I AM, what rascists would say, to name but a few).
So as matty morgan would say, i think everyone just needs to calm down. Is russell still russell, yes, is he therefore still brilliant, yes, have the parameters that ol’russ has had to work in been different, of course and necessarily so. so why dosent everyone give themselves a reminder of who theyre dealing with and trust ol’russ. all on the mike woooo!!!!!
I am thrilled to be going. Wheeeee!
I can’t believe so many people are annoyed with Russell. He’s marrying the love of his life and, yes, is a little busy. If you’re a true fan, you won’t care that he’s changed a bit, you’d just be glad that he’s happy. Hate to break it to you kiddos, but Russell Brand’s sole purpose in life isn’t to entertain people like Jess and Jackie. He was born, like every other human, to enjoy life.
Besides, whenever anyone gets super famous, there are always fans that claim that said person has “sold out”. Whatever.
Actually, Sofiya, you’ve got it wrong. It’s apparent that Russell’s sole purpose in life IS to entertain people. It’s his stock in trade… and if some people don’t like what he’s doing, they can take his very own advice and turn over the channel, or not go to his films, or not partake of what he happens to have to offer at the moment. They also have the rights to their opinions, good, bad or indifferent.
And that phrase ‘true fan’, it’s bollocks. A fan’s a fan no matter the intensity of their like or dislike of the object of their fanaticism. Fanatics can be positive or negative… they’re still fans. I highly doubt Russell is taking a survey of those that are ‘supportive’ or not, just a tally of the box office.
Well it may be the biggest purpose in his life, but it’s not his “sole” purpose…
Come on that would be ridiculous… What if he just wants to veg out on the sofa, or take a trip to the lavatory or just play with the cat?
He’s not doing that for anyone’s entertainment… well maybe for the cat.
id like to make a polite request at this point for recognition of the validity of my post.
oh and if no one ever watched nazi boy its on you tube and is briiliant.
It exposes the racsist BNP far better than any other thing ive seen.
and wen you think that it is just russ and matt on their own before russ was well known and still on un sanctioned medication then its all the more brilliant for that.
Don’t listen to them, Russell. Do what you like. You’ve earned it.
Review of Russell Brand’s Standup Comedy Show in Seattle, Washington, USA on April 23rd at 8PM in The Moore Theater,
by Randy Cunningham, The TransGester
I was not very familiar with the comedian Russell Brand prior to attending his show last weekend. I had seen him in the films “Bedtime Stories” with Adam Sandler and Keri Russell (who looks like my wife, Russell not Sandler, Keri not Russell. No, I mean, yes, Keri Russell, not – oh, forget it.) and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”, starring Russell Brand with Jason Segel, Kristen Bell and Mila Kunis; which yielded Russell’s hit song, “Inside of You” by Infant Sorrow. Since I had heard that this Brit had referred to U.S. President George W. Bush as a retarded cowboy, I knew I liked him, and wanted to hear more. Hence began my Brand Bromance.
Brand entered the stage to sustained, thundering applause and shouts of adoration from his fans. He was wearing a light gray cyclist style jacket over a T-shirt which he removed shortly to reveal the large graphic of ‘Old Glory’ on the front and back. This brought another ovation from the American audience. His black jeans where skinnier than the ones his fiancee Katy Perry had on when I saw her at the backstage door prior to the show. I’m still coveting his white Rocker ankle boots. Russell touted his trademark intentionally disheveled curly locks. (Similar to my wife’s sexy hair. If you put Russell’s hair on Katy she’d be irresistible! Or if you put Katy’s boobs on Russell, well then you’d have me during my permed hair days.) The Moore Theater is a beautiful medium sized venue of palatial decor which Brand filled to its 1,419 seat capacity.
I quickly realized I should have done lines of Strattera just to be able to stay focused enough to follow Brand’s ADHD fest of randomly associated thoughts intertwined with personal anecdotes. Russell recounted a childhood experience with the family dog and his two controversial hostings of the VMAs. Including my previously mentioned “George W. Bush is a retarded cowboy”; always worth repeating, with my apologies to cowboys and the intellectually challenged. As well as Brand’s expounding on the personal impact of the Kanye West/Taylor Swift incident. He went on to described his progressively offensive commentary about the cult hit ‘Twilight’ and it’s lead players, much to the gorish delight and moans of the collectively twisted fun seeking listeners. I now know where his Twitter username @RustyRockets comes from. I should have figured it out sooner. The first time I saw a tampon I thought it was a fire-cracker and lit the fuse. That whole box was full of duds. No wonder Mom was so mad.
I thought Russell’s imitation of his computer’s masturbatory voice sounded like Sean Connery. Mine sounds like Shakira. And yet they seemingly have the same effect on both of us. Brand also contrasts the pre and post ejaculatory male brain by way of explaining his impulsive email to Serena Williams. Upon meeting the pro-teenis player Russell became enamored with her thighs. (Yes, I also suspect it was something slightly higher). He unfortunately, “… set to typing with an erection. Not like that! You can’t type with your erection. You’d misspell too many words …”
Russell also read web postings from his and Katy Perry’s sites. I had already seen these posts by a whacked web stalker. She’s hot then she’s cold, she’s yes then she’s no, she’s in then she’s out of one forum to the other. Jumping from Katy’s site after fawning over her, to within two minutes on Russell’s site spewing the most heinous threats. She’s got a case of cyber-bi-polar. The bit was hilarious the way Brand delivered it but the fact is that it’s very sad that a “fan” has intruded upon their joy and the “real fan’s” joy for the two of them as a couple. Obviously the first thing one must invest in when becoming famous is good personal security.
From my seat smack center of the balcony I, like the rest of the audience, could appreciate how physical Brand’s show is as he pantomimes various sex acts or hopped about the stage like a string-less marionette. No, seriously, Russell does this cute little Pinocchio dance on stage during the show, sans Jiminy Cricket. Because if the Cricket (a bug not the court game) was there as Brand’s conscience he’d be having a conniption. And when you do wish upon a star, ask for tickets to see Russell Brand live.
Russell had been performing for over an hour and a half (which is a f’ing long time as anyone would know who’s ever done extemporaneous speaking or improvisational theater); he seemed to be winding up the show, then unexpectedly brought out a guest. It was Jonah Hill of “Knocked Up” and “Superbad”. The two were understandably promoting their new film “ Get Him to the Greek”, starring Jonah Hill as a record exec who must get rock star Aldous Snow, played by Russell Brand, from London to L.A. in 3 days. One can almost imagine in a by-gone-area, Bing Crosby with shoulder length hair in skin tight snake skin pants being wrangled by Bob Hope in this ‘Buddy Farce’ film. It is scheduled to release in theaters June 4, 2010. Jonah recounted a childhood experience as the family dog. Hill a plump, jolly type fellow did some dancing of his own on stage to a tune by DJ Assault. Jonah gyrated and wiggling about like the girls around the corner do at “The Lusty Lady”, much to the crowd’s enthusiastic response.
I found Russell Brand’s Standup Comedy Show to be a delightful blend of mindless and mindful entertainment. They are often confused one for the other. It was like a smorgasbord of culinary masterpieces along side my favorite junk food. Umm, yum.
Contributor Randall Cunningham, The TransGester, is a trans-man and mother of two now adult son.
He speaks internationally about his unique life journey and advocates for Equal Civil Rights for all GBLITs.
And he has a good sense of humor. He’d have to, to survive this long.
i agree with stefano
Nancypants, if I guess that you are an accountant and am right, would it be fair to say that accounting is your sole purpose in life? Even if you enjoy it? Yes, Russell’s job is to entertain, but that’s not the sole purpose of his life.
And, pardon, a fan that no longer likes said performer isn’t really a fan anymore. Like you said, you’re either a fan or you’re not. If I go up to Billy Joel and tell him that I hated everything he’s ever written after his first album, I’m not really a fan of his. And of course Russell isn’t measuring, that’s not what I meant. I’m 90% sure he doesn’t even read these.